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dis⋅port

  [di-spawrt, -spohrt]
–verb (used with object)
1. to divert or amuse (oneself).
2. to display (oneself) in a sportive manner: The picnickers disported themselves merrily on the beach.
–verb (used without object)
3. to divert oneself; sport.
–noun
4. diversion; amusement; play; sport.
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Origin:
1275–1325; (v.) ME disporten, desporten < AF desporter, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + porter lit., to carry (see port 5 ); (n.) ME < AF, deriv. of the v.

Related forms:
dis⋅port⋅ment, noun
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dis·port   (dĭ-spôrt', -spōrt')   
v.   dis·port·ed, dis·port·ing, dis·ports

v.   intr.
To amuse oneself in a light, frolicsome manner.
v.   tr.

  1. To amuse (oneself) in a light, frolicsome manner.

  2. To display.

n.  Frolicsome diversion.

[Middle English disporten, from Old French desporter, to divert : des-, apart; see dis- + porter, to carry (from Latin portāre; see port5).]
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Word Origin & History

disport 
1303, from Anglo-Fr. disporter "divert, amuse," from O.Fr. desporter, lit. "carry away" (the mind from serious matters), from des- "away" + porter "to carry," from L. portare "to carry" (see port (1)).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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